New Trends in Optical Network Design and Modeling, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001 IFIP TC6 Fourth Working Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling February 7–8, 2000, Athens, Greece IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology Series, Vol. 62

Optical network design and modeling is an essential issue for planning and operating networks for the next century. The main issues in optical networking are being widely investigated, not only for WDM networks but also for optical TDM and optical packet switching. This book contributes to further progress in optical network architectures, design, operation and management and covers the following topics in detail:

• Optical switching and Teabit networking;
• Future OTDM and packet switched networks;
• WDM ring networks;
• Optical interworking and `packets over wavelength';
• Hybrid and switchless networks;
• Medium access protocols for optical LANs and MANs.

This book contains the selected proceedings of the Fourth International Working Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling, which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), and held in February 2000, in Athens, Greece.
This valuable new book will be essential reading for academic researchers and practitioners working in computer science, electrical engineering, and communications.

Multi-Granularity Optical Networks.- Network Architectures in Synergy with Ultra-wideband WDM Multiplexing Solutions towards a 1,000 Wavelength Channel Network.- Efficient Planning Tool for WDM Transport Networks.- All-optical Signal Processing Devices for Photonic Networks: Towards Packet Switching.- Numerical Modeling of a High Repetition Rate Fiber Laser, Mode — Locked by External Optical Modulation of a Semiconductor Optical Amplifier.- Reduction of Hop-Count in Packet-Switched Networks using Wavelength Reconfiguration.- Resource Allocation for Optical Packet-switching Routers with Self-similar Bursty Traffic.- A Flexible WDM Ring Network Design and Dimensioning Methodology.- Dimensioning of Non-hierarchical Interconnected WDM Ring Networks.- A Functional Model for the SONATA Switchless Optical Network.- Using Normalised Sections for the Design of All Optical Networks.- A Simulation Model for an Optical IP Router.- Distributed Router Architecture for Packet-Routed Optical Networks.- Analysis and Dimensioning of a Single-Layer Optical Network Based on a “Switchless” Concept in Relevant Scenarios.- Optical CDMA Networks with Bipolar Codes.- Access Control in Shared Access Networks Supporting Internet DiffSery.- Network Controller Procedures in SONATA, A Large Scale All-Optical WDM Network.- Hybrid Fiber Radio Systems: Features and Performance.